James Badge Dale, best known for starring in the tv miniseries "The Pacific", has joined the cast of Marc Forster's World War Z, Variety reports.

Based on the novel by Max Brooks, the film is about a worldwide infestation of flesh-eating zombies. Brooks -- the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft -- wrote a detailed tome in which a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission interviews survivors from countries all over the world 10 years after the crisis to gather a first-person post-mortem on a war that obliterated every country on the map.

Brad Pitt is already attached to star in the Paramount Pictures film as the U.N. researcher. Badge Dale would play a military officer who is one of the earliest to come up against the threat of the undead. Mireille Enos and Anthony Mackie are both said to be in talks for roles as well with the film is looking to go into production immediately for a summer 2012 release.

The adaptation of World War Z, starring Brad Pitt, will shoot in Scotland this August.

According to the Sunday Mail, key action scenes will be filmed in Glasgow, standing in for the US city of Philadelphia. The scenes are said to be action-heavy, featuring plenty of explosions and gunfire.

The film is based on Max Brooks's best-selling novel which chronicles a decade-long war against the zombie horde from multiple viewpoints. The film is being produced by Pitt's production company Plan B, with Marc Foster (Quantum of Solace) attached to direct.

Deadline reports that Matthew Fox, Ed Harris and Julia Levy-Boeken are in talks to join Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale in director Marc Forster's World War Z at Paramount Pictures.

The film is based on Max Brooks' best-selling novel about a worldwide infestation of flesh-eating zombies. Brooks -- the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft -- wrote a detailed tale in which a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission interviews survivors from countries all over the world, 10 years after the crisis, to gather a first-person post-mortem on a war that obliterated every country on the map.

Brad Pitt has started filming director Marc Forster's thriller World War Z in Valletta, Malta and we've got some photos from the shoot.

Pitt stars in the Paramount release opposite Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox, Ed Harris and Julia Levy-Boeken. The film is based on Max Brooks' best-selling novel about a worldwide infestation of flesh-eating zombies. Brooks -- the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft -- wrote a detailed tale in which a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission interviews survivors from countries all over the world, 10 years after the crisis, to gather a first-person post-mortem on a war that obliterated every country on the map.

Screen Daily reports that the visual FX of World War Z are going to be provided by Cinesite.

Recently, the FX house worked on X-Men: First Class, Battle: Los Angeles and the upcoming John Carter.

Antony Hunt, managing director at Cinesite, says, "We're very excited to have been awarded such a significant portion of visual effects for this highly anticipated movie. With our work on Battle: Los Angeles and Generation Kill, we’ve proven our ability to create scenes of epic destruction and realistic character animation. We can’t wait to do it again for World War Z."

The Daily Mail, pulling pics from Splash News, has an assortment of set pics from World War Z with Brad Pitt. The images depict zombies who were shot at an Israeli border after they broke quarantine. You can see Pitt's character somewhere in that mess. The film, directed by Marc Forster, is based on the novel by Max Brooks. Shooting is expected to take place all around the world.

Im one of those-- looks a little better-- but really just seems like more of the same..

And did they take some of this from Deep Impact--- Morgan Freeman is president again, and I swear some of those scenes were clips of those bunkers they were hiding in that movie as well (at least the outside...)...

_________________Fastest know derailer of threads in the know universe...expanded or otherwise.

While the film is scheduled for release in December of 2012, we know eager fans are dying (and then promptly returning to life) to catch a glimpse of what this epic zombie movie will look like. So as not to incite more hateful rants on YouTube, let me clarify that this is our fan-made trailer for what we think (and hope) World War Z will look like:

Paramount has reconsidered World War Z's release date. Rather than debut the film on December 21st of this year, it is pushing the adaptation of Max Brooks' novel to June 21, 2013. We're not sure if the studio simply felt it wasn't a "holiday" release or if the film needs more time in post-production, but given the epic nature of the story - and I'm hearing that this thing is huge - it might be the latter.

The film is detailed tale in which a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission interviews survivors from countries all over the world, 10 years after the crisis, to gather a first-person post-mortem on a zombie war that obliterated every country on the map.

Originally planned for release this December, Marc Forsters's big screen adaptation of Max Brooks' World War Z was, earlier this year, bumped to June 21, 2013 to accommodate extensive reshoots. Now, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Prometheus and "LOST" writer Damon Lindelof has been brought aboard for some rewriting.

The film, set to star Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox and David Morse, revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.